[12/21/2020] “Chŭngsan No. 11 Detention Facility”
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HRNK will be featuring the latest report under a long-term project employing satellite imagery analysis and former political prisoner testimony to shed light on human suffering in North Korea's prison camps.
The event will be open to the press and on-the-record.
The Zoom credentials will be sent to you shortly before the program.
Please email Rosa Park, HRNK Director of Programs and Editor, at
[email protected] if you have any questions or concerns.
[12/17/2020] HRNK Author Speaking Series: “Hunger and Human Rights”

Featuring
Speakers:
Stephan Haggard
Lawrence and Sallye Krause Distinguished Professor,
School of Global Policy and Strategy,
University of California, San Diego
Marcus Noland
Executive Vice President and Director of Studies,
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Member, Board of Directors, HRNK
Moderator:
Greg Scarlatoiu
Executive Director, HRNK
HRNK is pleased to feature the two authors of our report "Hunger and Human Rights" (2005). Dr. Stephan Haggard and Dr. Marcus Noland will address their work on famine and food insecurity in North Korea. They will also draw comparisons between the human security and human rights situation in North Korea under Kim Jong-il and under the current regime of Kim Jong-un.
The event will be open to the press and on-the-record.
The Zoom credentials will be sent to you shortly before the program.
Please email Rosa Park, HRNK Director of Programs and Editor, at
[email protected] if you have any questions or concerns.
[12/15/2020] Human Rights Ambassadors' Dialogue: “The Role of the Special Envoy”

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Featuring:
Introductory Remarks:
The Honorable Roberta Cohen
Co-chair Emeritus, HRNK
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights,
U.S. Department of State
Speakers:
The Honorable Robert King
Former Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues,
U.S. Department of State
Member, Board of Directors, HRNK
His Excellency Jung Hoon Lee
Dean, Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS), Yonsei University
Former ROK Inaugural Ambassador-at-Large for North Korean Human Rights
Member, Board of Directors, HRNK
Moderator:
Greg Scarlatoiu
Executive Director, HRNK
HRNK is delighted to inaugurate our Board Speaking Series, which will feature current and former members of HRNK's Board of Directors. The three distinguished speakers will address the role of the U.S. Special Envoy for North Korean human rights and the ROK Ambassador-at-Large for North Korean human rights. The Honorable Robert King and His Excellency Jung Hoon Lee held these positions until January 2017 and September 2017, respectively. The positions have not been filled since.
The event will be open to the press and on-the-record.
The Zoom credentials will be sent to you shortly before the program.
Please email Rosa Park, HRNK Director of Programs and Editor, at
[email protected] if you have any questions or concerns.
[11/19/2020] Inaugural HRNK Author Speaking Series: “Hidden Gulag” with David Hawk
HRNK is delighted to host a Zoom event featuring author David Hawk at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Thursday, November 19. This is going to be the first of our new “Virtual HRNK Author Speaking Series.” For over two decades, David Hawk has investigated and reported on North Korea’s vast system of unlawful imprisonment. His 2003 report “Hidden Gulag” was HRNK’s first, and also the first report ever to combine witness testimony with satellite imagery analysis to scrutinize North Korea’s political prison camps. Ever since, David Hawk has authored four more reports for HRNK, on both the kwan-li-so political prison camps and the kyo-hwa-so reeducation through labor camps. During this program, he will provide an overview of his investigation over the past 20 years as well as his views on the transformation of North Korea’s prison camp system in the 21st century. The event will be moderated by HRNK Executive Director Greg Scarlatoiu.
The event will be open to the press, and on-the-record.
Please click here to RSVP: https://forms.gle/SuQKk6vj6FsWnoe3A.
Please email the Director of Programs and Editor at
[email protected] if you have any questions or concerns.
[09/10/2020] The David Sneddon Case: Not Forgotten

The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) cordially invites you to:
The David Sneddon Case:
Not Forgotten
A Discussion with
James Sneddon
Thursday, September 10, 2020
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
This event will be on the record. Please click here to RSVP: https://forms.gle/2GNXXcQC58J5gqJFA.
Dear Friends of HRNK,
On Thursday, September 10, 2020 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EDT, HRNK Executive Director Greg Scarlatoiu will moderate a Zoom event with James Sneddon, brother of David Sneddon. In August 2004, David Louis Sneddon, at the time a 24-year-old Brigham Young University student, disappeared in China's Yunnan Province after traveling alone through Tiger Leaping Gorge. The evidence surrounding his disappearance followed patterns identified in multiple cases of North Korean abductions.
As the older brother of David Sneddon, the only US citizen believed to be held against his will in the DPRK, James Sneddon is intimately aware and personally dedicated to the return of all DPRK abductees while helping shine a bright light on the abysmal human rights record of North Korea. He believes that only through this lens, that of the DPRK’s past and concurrent human rights abuses, will his family gain traction to find out the full truth about his brother and secure his release. James personally searched in China and, with his father Roy Sneddon and older brother Michael Sneddon, developed the original detailed executive report utilized today as the launchpad for explaining David’s disappearance.
James, having spent over 20 years working and living in Asia, has keen insight into Asian cultures, and is able to carefully leverage his Japanese language fluency and cultural adaptability to navigate the original abduction information sour